Tuesday, September 22, 2015

State Stats are out!

The best part of September? New court statistics reports!

2015 COURT STATISTICS REPORT
Statewide Caseload Trends
2004–2005 Through 2013–2014
press release  (MetNews Report Shows Increase in Superior Court Workloads)

Supreme Court stat summary:
Civil petitions for review grant rate = 5% (civil writs grant rate = 2%)
Rehearings granted = 0 (there hasn't been a grant since 2007)
Opinions depublished = 6 (down from 16 last year)

Court of Appeals stat summary:
Statewide median time from notice of appeal to opinion = 830 days
Fastest courts are 2/6 (419 days), 1/1, 4/1, 4/3, 1/5 and 2/5
Slowest courts are 4/2 (740 days), 6th, 3d, 2/3, 5th




Also just out, the ABA's Appellate Issues journal.